St. Louis Cardinals 2018 Photo Day: Pitchers

photo: Carlos Martinez (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)

The St. Louis Cardinals held their annual photo day on Tuesday, February 20. This installment of photos includes 32 of the 33 pitchers invited to camp and five of the coaches. Position players and the remainder of the coaches can be viewed in Part 2.

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The 36-photo gallery begins with the starters, then relievers most likely to make the Opening Day roster, followed by the minor league starters and relievers and concluding with the pitching coaches.

Projected rotation (6)

Adam Wainwright (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Michael Wacha (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Carlos Martinez (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Miles Mikolas (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Luke Weaver (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Alex Reyes (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)

Relievers (8)

Luke Gregerson (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Bud Norris (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Brett Cecil (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Tyler Lyons (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Sam Tuivailala (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Dominic Leone (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Matt Bowman (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
John Brebbia (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)

Rotation candidates – 40-man (5)

John Gant (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Jack Flaherty (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Conner Greene (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Austin Gomber (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Derian Gonzalez (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)

Relief candidates – 40-man (3)

Mike Mayers (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Josh Lucas (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Ryan Sherriff (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)

Non-roster starters (5)

Jordan Hicks (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Jake Woodford (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Dakota Hudson (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Daniel Poncedeleon (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Ryan Helsley (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)

Non-roster relievers (6)

Jason Motte (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Sean Gilmartin (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Jordan Schafer (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Preston Guilmet (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports
Hector Mendoza (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)

Arturo Reyes (not pictured)

Coaches (4)

Mike Maddux (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Bryan Eversgerd (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Jamie Pogue (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
Kleininger Teran (Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)

All photos were taken by Steve Mitchell of USA TODAY Sports Images and were provided via license.

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